The year was 2014 and CDC senior scientist Dr. William Thompson went public with his whistleblowing admission of vaccine research fraud in a 2004 MMR-autism study. While few journalists pounced on the blockbuster story, the mainstream media was nowhere to be found. According to some estimates, pharmaceutical company money accounts for 70 percent of the ad revenue generated by mainstream news media outlets during non-election years. Dr. Thompson’s silence and attempt to change the system from the inside didn’t take away from the fact that he is an alleged criminal — by his own admission — that committed high-level research fraud potentially injuring untold numbers of children to this day. Meanwhile, the public waited in vain for any sign of action or justice from their elected representatives. Better late than never congressman Bill Posey begged for an oversight hearing on the house floor only to be ignored to this day.

In a short time, the film Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe has moved mountains. The public consciousness is being compelled like never before to question vaccine safety, lack of informed consent and the extent of pharmaceutical company control over all areas of health. While Vaxxed centers on Dr. William Thompson and his whistleblowing admissions, the elephant in the room continues to be the breakaway influence wielded by vaccine makers on regulatory agencies, media, medical research and politics. It was Julie Gerberding who served as director of the CDC in 2004 and was a key player in Dr. Thompson and co-authors alleged research fraud. In 2009, Gerberding made the revolving door jump to the position of Vaccine Division President at Big Pharma giant Merck. It was reported in May 2015 that she sold 38,368 shares of Merck stock fetching $2,340,064.32.

Appearing in the film Vaxxed is another whistleblower, one that was a star pharmaceutical rep for Merck before she spoke out publicly. Brandy Vaughan was one of Merck’s head reps pushing Vioxx — the pharmaceutical drug part of the biggest recall in history due to damages and deaths. After leaving Merck in 2003, Vaughan could no longer stay silent when the California Senate Bill 277 hearings began in Sacramento in 2015. She first went public on May 15, 2015, at the Democratic convention rally in Anaheim, California. Confirming the slow motion takeover of healthcare the public had been witnessing — Vaughan told of profits over people directives behind closed doors at Merck, regular bribes to doctors, willful injury without oversight, and plans in place for a cradle to grave vaccine push. While Dr. Thompson is absent from the public as he continues his seemingly fruitless attempt to change the system from the inside — Vaughan has been consistently on the scene and making major waves through social media and mainstream news. Starting the nonprofit ﻿﻿LearnTheRisk.org﻿﻿, Vaughan has led a billboard initiative warning of the dangers of vaccines. The billboards are pulling double duty serving to also re-introduce informed consent to a public whose healthcare system is unethically removing the long-held medical principle when it comes to vaccines.

For the first time in public, Vaughan will be giving a focused and timely new presentation at the upcoming AutismOne conference in Chicago. The topic will be Vaccine Mandates and Messaging: How to Beat Big Pharma at Their Own Game. With over $3 billion per year estimated to be spent on lobbying by Big Pharma and another $5.2 billion yearly for advertising, the public is in for an uphill fight to regain their health freedom. However, at the present moment momentum is favoring the people and a major awakening is at hand. Hope is being generated from small victories stacking up against the current pharma vaccine push. Perhaps for the first time, a shift in consciousness is happening as the public is understanding that mandatory, cradle to grave vaccine schedules are not a part of true healing. With the public getting behind an idea whose time has come, people are seeing a first glimpse of how mass awakening and action can nullifying billions in pharma lobbying, payoffs and control rapidly.

“My time in pharma taught me that just because something is on the market doesn’t mean its safe.” -Brandy Vaughan